re-cap of show #1
I came 4th, nationally, in this Federation's over 90kg (200lbs). There was no weight category above this. The guy that won it was from my city, but the other guys were from other states. There were some big boys. As most were 5'6 to 5'9, whereas I'm nearly 6'2. 4th was a good outcome in my opinion, as the top 3 were either bigger and had better genetics than me or more shredded and just as big.
I'll have photos when I get them from my gf's phone tomorrow.
run down, we left off at 630am:
730am meant to leave for breakfast, gf was late, got there at 8
8am bacon and egg roll at special cafe that has an amazing and large one, not too far away, staying away from dairy, haven't drunk ANY water since 6pm yesterday
9am, weigh in, 94 kgs (210 lb)
10am THE FUCKING FEDERATION CHANGED THE SCHEDULE AND LET WOMEN GO FIRST. *** rant below
11am dehydrated and headaches start, I have a 1 hour sleep outside the auditorium with my feet up on a table that was covered specifically so I could do so
12pm womens still going....running out of food. 30 mins late so far
1pm gf brings me more food, as well as some sushi rolls which I destroy in quick succession
2pm lying down outside, chilling and talking to other competitors
3pm called back stage as my category is coming up. I don't believe them, but I'm already there so don't care
330 get my 3rd coat of tan done, now I'm looking dark and sexy
4pm my heat is still 3 away, which is 30 mins easily, knew I shouldn't believe them
430 start pumping up. as the area is outside...and it's cold today, it's very hard to do so. We'd walk outside the tarpolined area to do pullups on the fence posting and cop ridiculously cold wind to the face. Remember, we're only wearing posing trunks here
5pm finished pumping up, I'm a minimalist when it comes to it, as I lose definition doing TOO much here. Have a handful of all natural sugar jelly babies, then I'm ready for stage. Quick few pushups and then we're ready for stage.
blow by blow:
guy I'm next to I'd been hanging with all day, he ends up winning it and I didn't exactly look too big in comparison. He's just as lean, 10cm shorter and just as big. He had a BIG back and chest. Legs similar. Other guys that beat me were on the other side of the stage so we didn't get compared too much.
I obviously over did the water depletion, as I nearly fainted on staged, just AFTER quarter turns and mandatories. So I was at the back of the stage, but all of a sudden as I turned to walk back, my body was stupidly hot, hotter than I've ever felt it before. I was instantly drenched in sweat, I was dizzy and couldn't hear that well. Signaled one of the MCs quickly and walked off to the side. My gf didn't even notice so MAYBE the judges didn't. Sat down, caught my breath and was good to go again....but exhausted. Knew I wasn't going to be at my best now but dragged my ass through it!
Got lined up again and went through the regular poses one last time after they short listed us down to six remaining competitors (from around 18).
Quickly rushed off stage and SLAMMED 2-3L of water (1 gallon), a banana, few more lollies, then a hydration tablet. I didn't bother doing my 1 minute routine, I wouldn't have been able to, and it wasn't even marked so no problem.
6pm Guy that won my division, surprise surprise being the biggest div, won Overall winner as well.
7pm back home, 20 min shower just scrubbing and scrubbing off the tan, I'm still more tanned than most south americans would be right now....but now it looks like melantonin rather than fake tan, which suffices for a few days (and being back at work next week).
8pm dinner, I chose this place as it has a great cheese burger and a PB&J ice-cream sandwich for dessert. Fun fact, in Australia we call sandwiches "sambos" which is a racist slur in some countries. Please don't take offense when you see that on our menus. After the sambo (see?), gf and I drove home
9pm make my meals for next 2 days, already prepped the chicken, rice and veggies. Easy prep tonight.
930pm here I am writing this before I crash. Have to be up to do this all again for a friend doing bikini tomorrow
am absolutely buggered, but looked better than I ever have before. I will drink more water in 2 weeks for #2 comp (an IFBB one) and eat more bananas. Pretty hard to "spill" from to many bananas.
I had a truck load of fun, made some new friends and learnt that even though I may not be as big or lean as others, I can fucking out pose them on stage, cancelling their superior discipline (diet) or genetics (muscularity or relative time BBing).
Night!
